Month: September 2017

Are you billing “incident to” services correctly?

Lately, we have noticed a lot of confusion from providers regarding billing “incident to” services. We have come across many practices that don’t know the guidelines and have questions on how to bill for incident-to-services. Let’s review the basics. What is incident to services? “Incident to” is a billing policy for mid-level providers to bill…

Are ambiguous state laws slowing the expansion to Telehealth?

According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), ”Limited Medicare coverage impedes the expansion of telehealth services. The current statute restricts telehealth services to patients located in rural areas and in specific settings, covers only a limited number of services, and allows only real-time, two-way video conference capabilities.” In order for Telehealth to grow, the AHA…